Our Asian meatball recipe is the meal you’ve been missing!
Why does spaghetti get to have all the meatball fun?! We love these Asian meatballs because they are SO flavorful.
Sticky, garlicky, sweet, with just a kiss of spice, the sauce really shines with this dish.
Our hoisin meatballs have an added kick of flavor with spicy sriracha and savory toasted sesame oil. If you love hoisin don’t miss this hoisin pork tenderloin.
You could even turn this recipe into Asian pork meatballs, Asian chicken meatballs, or Asian turkey meatballs. GRab the ground meat of your choice and start rollin’. literally.
This Asian meatballs recipe can be served as an appetizer (hello gameday super snack!) or as a meal.
We like to top the hoisin meatballs on an Asian rice bowl, but they would also shine in a lettuce wrap, on rice noodles, or on a Vietnamese bahn mi.
Cast Iron Meatballs
We’re making this recipe in a cast iron skillet as a one-pot wonder for a weeknight meal.
It can also be easily made in cast iron on a grill or fire for a unique camping recipe.
We love the char the cast iron adds to the outside of the meatball.
If you have an airfryer, we also highly recommend trying out our air fryer meatball recipe.
Just cook these meatballs in the airfryer then toss with the sauce in a skillet for a few minutes afterward.
Asian Bowl with Hoisin Meatballs
We used our Asian meatball recipe on top of an Asian rice bowl to stretch the meatballs even further and to add in veggies.
In order to make our Asian bowl recipe start by making our meatballs. While they are cooking in the skillet, start to prep your Asian rice bowl ingredients.
Steam some jasmine rice and shelled edamame.
We also added some fresh veggies to our Asian bowl like sliced cucumbers, julienned sweet red bell pepper, and shaved carrot strips.
Asian Meatball Recipe
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 22 minutes
Serves: Makes about 18 meatballs
Meatball Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup minced sweet onion
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 clove minced garlic
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil, for frying
- Salt and pepper
Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
- Sliced scallions, for garnish
Instructions:
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, minced onion, panko bread crumbs, minced garlic, minced ginger, and egg.
- Combine all ingredients but avoid overmixing your meatballs.
- Form the mixture into 1 ½ inch balls, this recipe should make between 16 and 20 meatballs, depending on how large you made your meatballs.
- Heat up the sesame oil in cast iron skillet at medium low heat.
- Add the meatballs to the skillet and rotate the meatballs once each side starts to get golden brown. Note depending on the size of your cast iron skillet you may need to do this in 2 batches.
- Meanwhile, whisk together all the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Cook the meatballs for around 20 minutes, until the internal temperature of the meatballs reaches at least 160 degrees F.
- Turn the heat to low. Add the sauce to the skillet and cook for an additional 2 minutes until the sauce is warm and coating the meatballs.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced scallions.
Asian Meatball Recipe with Sriracha Hoisin Glaze
This flavorful Asian meatball recipe has a sriracha hoisin glaze that's sticky, sweet, and a little bit spicy!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup minced sweet onion
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 clove minced garlic
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil, for frying
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
- Sliced scallions, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, minced onion, panko bread crumbs, minced garlic, minced ginger, and egg.
- Combine all ingredients but avoid overmixing your meatballs.
- Form the mixture into 1 ½ inch balls, this recipe should make between 16 and 20 meatballs, depending on how large you made your meatballs.
- Heat up the sesame oil in a cast iron skillet at medium low heat.
- Add the meatballs to the skillet and rotate the meatballs once each side starts to get golden brown. Note depending on the size of your cast iron skillet you may need to do this in 2 batches.
- Meanwhile, whisk together all the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Cook the meatballs for around 20 minutes, until the internal temperature of the meatballs reaches at least 160 degrees F.
- Turn the heat to low. Add the sauce to the skillet and cook for an additional 2 minutes until the sauce is warm and coating the meatballs.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced scallions.
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